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GREEN FE'NTON, OF STREETSBORQ, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 75,255, dated March 10, 1868,

IMPROVEMENT IN HVA'IY-KNIVES.

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TO` ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Beit known that I, GREEN FENTON, ofStreetsboro, in the county of Portage, 4and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and-useful Improvements in Hay-Knives, &e.; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and complete description of thesame, reference being had to theA accompanying drawings, making a partof this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a. front view of the knife.

Figure 2 is a side view of the saine.

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This implement consists of the handle A and blade B, the former of whichis constructed of wood, the lower end having a socket in which the shankof the cutter is inserted, and secured by a pin, a, iig. 2, projectedfrom the end of the spring C, and made to penetrate through the socketiand shank, as shown in g. 2. B, the blade of the implement, is made ofsteel, and of the shapev shown in the drawing, in which it will be seenthat it con- Sists of two flaring wings, D E, provided with a curvingcutting-edge, z.

The practical use of this knife is for cutting hay in the stack, andwhich is done in the following manner: The operator holds the knife bythe handle, and places his foot upon the projecting arm b ofthe spring,thereby forcing the blades down into the hay. which, by their peculiarcurving character and angle, cut their way down easily at every thrust,making a clean, surooth cut'.

For the greater convenience of grinding the blades, the knife isdetached fromthe handle, which is readily done by withdrawing the pin aalluded to. The handle, on detaching the blades, can be convenientlyused for other purposes by inserting a hoe, rake, fork, tc.

What I claim a-s my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,isl The handle A, spring C, pin a, arm c, and blade B, all constructedand arranged in the manner as and for the purpose specified.

GREEN FENTON.

Witnesses:

W. H. Bussines, J. HOLMES.

